Occupy!: Scenes From Occupied America

Description: In the fall of 2011, a small protest camp in downtown Manhattan exploded into a global uprising, sparked in part by the violent overreactions of the police. An unofficial record of this movement, Occupy! combines adrenalin-fueled first-hand accounts of the early days and weeks of Occupy Wall Street with contentious debates and thoughtful reflections, featuring the editors and writers of the celebrated n+1, as well as some of the world's leading radical thinkers, such as Slavoj Zizek, Angela Davis, and Rebecca Solnit. The book conveys the intense excitement of those present at the birth of a counterculture, while providing the movement with a serious platform for debating goals, demands, and tactics. Articles address the history of the "horizontalist" structure at OWS; how to keep a live-in going when there is a giant mountain of laundry building up; how very rich the very rich have become; the messages and meaning of the "We are the 99%" tumblr website; occupations in Oakland, Boston, Atlanta and elsewhere; what happens next; and much more.

Author Biography: KEITH GESSEN is a founding editor of n+1. ASTRA TAYLOR is the director of the documentary films Zizek! and Examined Life. ELI SCHMITT is a writer living in New York. NIKIL SAVAL is an associate editor of n+1. Sarah Leonard is an editor at Dissent magazine and The New Inquiry. MARK GREIF is a founding editor of n+1. CARLA BLUMENKRANZ is the managing editor of n+1. SARAH RESNICK is a senior editor at Triple Canopy.